i suggest to put some running information inside a log file. that helped me alot in former times ;) 
######################################################################
+#########
sub do_log {
######################################################################
+#########
    
    my $output_string = "";
    my $log_file = "/some/where";
    
    if (not defined $_[0]) {
        $output_string = "\n";
    } else {
        $output_string = "$$: " . scalar (gmtime ()) . ": " . join (""
+, @_) . "\n";
    }
    
    
    
    print STDERR $output_string unless ($opts{n});
    unless ($opts{l}) {
        if (-e $log_file) {
            open (LOGFILE, ">> $log_file") or die "cannot write log [$
+log_file][$!]";
        } else {
            open (LOGFILE, "> $log_file") or die "cannot create log [$
+log_file][$!]";
        }
        print LOGFILE $output_string;
        close (LOGFILE);
    }
}

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please let me know if the sub can be improved.

In reply to Re: scp cronjob by kabel
in thread scp cronjob by Anonymous Monk

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